To be fair, I’d probably panic if that happened today
Alternative-Land-334 on
Wow! Does any way have a “why” this would happen?
lindanimated on
You’ve heard of Panic! at the Disco, now get ready for…
charitelle on
He probably was still alive (but sick).
llltttfff on
I’m embarrassed to have first read picnic at a funeral. Reading the subheading was like, “well that’s odd”.
AsparagusLive1644 on
GNARLY
AttackPony on
I didn’t know coffins having windows was ever a thing
Dangerous_Radish2961 on
The smell would have been horrendous !
tlsnine on
Gotta wonder if it made any kind of noise when it burst.
And 4 times the size of a normal head is massive!! Did everyone just watch it grow and do nothing???
HiddenHolding on
Poor guy. But here we are all these years later, remembering his name. Perhaps even in uncomfortable circumstances, there’s a benefit to being remarkable as opposed to unremembered.
I salute you Q. Riddle Jr. I hope you found your rest.
FamousOhioAppleHorn on
Do you have a source for this ? I can’t find any male Riddles with an A or Q name who died in Kentucky in September 1897. It’s also very odd that his father is only listed as “a prominent farmer.” It truly reads like one of those dubious, mass distributed news stories that would get printed across the country without verification. ***[This](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181030209/andrew-quiller-riddle) is the only Andrew Quiller Riddle I could find, but he died in 1919.
JellybeanFernandez on
Damn, remember the good old days? The way we were? The way our heads used to swell up in our coffins until they exploded, causing panics? Things were so simple back then.
absconder87 on
This is why religions like Islam and Judaism have requirements about quick burial.
pazhalsta1 on
Ah bloaty head, just like in Theme Hospital
BreezyViber on
I wonder if there’s a funeral directors sub around here that could make an educated guess as to what actually happened.
CatPooedInMyShoe on
Something similar happened at William of Normandy’s funeral.
Airport_Wendys on
What did that glass coffin cover look like? Since it was being lowered, why wasn’t the body just in a closed coffin?
(Edit- I found the answer! Typically a glass window in the lid. Usually thick enough and crafted in a way to keep the casket sealed and people thought they helped against burying people alive bc faint breathing would produce fog. This glass could not withstand exploding head tho)
MiskatonicMenace on
🎶I chimed in with a “Haven’t you people ever heard of, embalming your goddamn corpse”, no…🎶
Old_Butterscotch8856 on
Maybe it was a corpse clown
Agitated-Two-6699 on
Wow. That’s gonna be a tough one to stop the image in my head
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To be fair, I’d probably panic if that happened today
Wow! Does any way have a “why” this would happen?
You’ve heard of Panic! at the Disco, now get ready for…
He probably was still alive (but sick).
I’m embarrassed to have first read picnic at a funeral. Reading the subheading was like, “well that’s odd”.
GNARLY
I didn’t know coffins having windows was ever a thing
The smell would have been horrendous !
Gotta wonder if it made any kind of noise when it burst.
And 4 times the size of a normal head is massive!! Did everyone just watch it grow and do nothing???
Poor guy. But here we are all these years later, remembering his name. Perhaps even in uncomfortable circumstances, there’s a benefit to being remarkable as opposed to unremembered.
I salute you Q. Riddle Jr. I hope you found your rest.
Do you have a source for this ? I can’t find any male Riddles with an A or Q name who died in Kentucky in September 1897. It’s also very odd that his father is only listed as “a prominent farmer.” It truly reads like one of those dubious, mass distributed news stories that would get printed across the country without verification. ***[This](https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/181030209/andrew-quiller-riddle) is the only Andrew Quiller Riddle I could find, but he died in 1919.
Damn, remember the good old days? The way we were? The way our heads used to swell up in our coffins until they exploded, causing panics? Things were so simple back then.
This is why religions like Islam and Judaism have requirements about quick burial.
Ah bloaty head, just like in Theme Hospital
I wonder if there’s a funeral directors sub around here that could make an educated guess as to what actually happened.
Something similar happened at William of Normandy’s funeral.
What did that glass coffin cover look like? Since it was being lowered, why wasn’t the body just in a closed coffin?
(Edit- I found the answer! Typically a glass window in the lid. Usually thick enough and crafted in a way to keep the casket sealed and people thought they helped against burying people alive bc faint breathing would produce fog. This glass could not withstand exploding head tho)
🎶I chimed in with a “Haven’t you people ever heard of, embalming your goddamn corpse”, no…🎶
Maybe it was a corpse clown
Wow. That’s gonna be a tough one to stop the image in my head